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  1. FILTHY1337

    FILTHY1337 Senior Overclocker

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    so i have an e 1705 dell lappy, and an addition monitor hooked up but i can only display one at a time. im trying to get a dual head display. How do i do this?
     
  2. Elv13

    Elv13 What's a Dremel?

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    what is your graphic card and can you post the content of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file please.
     
  3. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    gutsy? try going into their display manager (in the settings menu) and seeing if you can just enable it in the gui. if not, you're in for a lot of config file editing.
     
  4. FILTHY1337

    FILTHY1337 Senior Overclocker

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    ok finally found the menu and it has the option to use it as a secondary monitor but its grayed out as the cars its a basic intel card forgot the model.
     
  5. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    if the option to use it as a secondary monitor is grayed ou tou are going to have to find some new drivers
     
  6. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    I would head over to the ubuntu forums (there a friendly bunch too) and ask them. There may be a bit of cli use to get it going since intel gfx cards are well supported the best driver is probably already installed.
     
  7. Elv13

    Elv13 What's a Dremel?

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    look for something like ubuntu intel xinerama on google
     
  8. FILTHY1337

    FILTHY1337 Senior Overclocker

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    ok dual head display now up and running but i screwed my res on my defult screen,....ran in 1440 900 out of the box now runs 1024. I cant seem to find the proper setting with out it stretching off screen
     
  9. Elv13

    Elv13 What's a Dremel?

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    can you post your /etx/X11/xorg.conf please
     
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